Narrative:

I was on a VFR flight plan from a private airstrip in morris, manitoba, to billings, mt, at which point I was going to go through customs. En route a line of thunderstorms developed more extensively than predicted causing me to deviate to the south approximately 150 mi while facing stronger headwinds than anticipated. Realizing that this was putting me close to the end of my fuel reserves I tried to find another place to land that provided customs. At this point I had deviated far enough south that I was in south dakota and there were no airports that had customs in south dakota, so I elected to continue for billings with the intention that if it became necessary I would land at an airport that did not have customs for fuel. I had planned on landing at hamel, mt, if things got close. Upon reaching hamel I decided this was as far as I could safely go but the rotating beacon was OTS and the runway lights could not be seen. So instead of wasting fuel circling I went on to billings, mt. On final approach the engine began sputtering and I notified the controller of this. He asked if I could make the runway and I told him that I could. A normal landing was made and upon taxiing off of the runway the engine ran out of gas on the taxiway.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CESSNA T-210 ON APCH TO BIL RPTED THE ENG SPUTTERING DUE TO LOW FUEL AND ON TURNOFF TO THE TXWY THE ENG QUIT, OUT OF FUEL. PLT ELECTED NOT TO LAND AT AN ALTERNATE DUE TO LACK OF CUSTOMS AND ROTATING BEACON OTS.

Narrative: I WAS ON A VFR FLT PLAN FROM A PVT AIRSTRIP IN MORRIS, MANITOBA, TO BILLINGS, MT, AT WHICH POINT I WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH CUSTOMS. ENRTE A LINE OF TSTMS DEVELOPED MORE EXTENSIVELY THAN PREDICTED CAUSING ME TO DEVIATE TO THE S APPROX 150 MI WHILE FACING STRONGER HEADWINDS THAN ANTICIPATED. REALIZING THAT THIS WAS PUTTING ME CLOSE TO THE END OF MY FUEL RESERVES I TRIED TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO LAND THAT PROVIDED CUSTOMS. AT THIS POINT I HAD DEVIATED FAR ENOUGH S THAT I WAS IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND THERE WERE NO ARPTS THAT HAD CUSTOMS IN SOUTH DAKOTA, SO I ELECTED TO CONTINUE FOR BILLINGS WITH THE INTENTION THAT IF IT BECAME NECESSARY I WOULD LAND AT AN ARPT THAT DID NOT HAVE CUSTOMS FOR FUEL. I HAD PLANNED ON LNDG AT HAMEL, MT, IF THINGS GOT CLOSE. UPON REACHING HAMEL I DECIDED THIS WAS AS FAR AS I COULD SAFELY GO BUT THE ROTATING BEACON WAS OTS AND THE RWY LIGHTS COULD NOT BE SEEN. SO INSTEAD OF WASTING FUEL CIRCLING I WENT ON TO BILLINGS, MT. ON FINAL APCH THE ENG BEGAN SPUTTERING AND I NOTIFIED THE CTLR OF THIS. HE ASKED IF I COULD MAKE THE RWY AND I TOLD HIM THAT I COULD. A NORMAL LNDG WAS MADE AND UPON TAXIING OFF OF THE RWY THE ENG RAN OUT OF GAS ON THE TXWY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.